Salt dispenser



I I Patented Jul 9, 1935 i I 2,007,845

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE SALT DISPENSER James G. Boswell, Velasco, Tex., assignor of forty one-hundredths to William 0. Smith, Velasco, Tex.

Application November 7, 1934, Serial No. 751,905

3'Claims. 01. 65-57) The invention relates to dispensers for salt I4 being to force feed the salt or other condiand other condiments and has for its object the ment from the receptacle I0.

provision of means for force feeding the salt As at times when the condiment in the recepor other condiment from the receptacle includtacle, and particularly salt, when wet, will not 5 ing toothed wheels for feeding the condiment readily be discharged by means of the toothed 5 from the receptacle. I wheels I9, and to prevent injury to the wheels As in devicesof this character the condiment, should the user strike the face of the top, it will and particularly salt, is liable when wet to be be apparent that the flange I5 will prevent indifiicult to pour from the receptacle, and persons jury to the wheels, as the outer edge of the flange using the dispenser are liable to strike the top is arranged on a plane coincident with the plane 10 of the receptacle to jar the salt or other condiof the periphery of said wheels, or preferably may ment loose, thus likely to cause damage to the be made to extend beyond the plane of the toothed wheels, the invention includes a protectwheels. I ing flange extending outwardly from the top of Furthermore, assalt when wet is liable to stick 1 the receptacle to prevent damage to the toothed to the surface of the teeth 20, provision is made 5 Wheels. for discharging the salt from the edges of the Furthermore, as salt or other condiments when wheels consisting in providing a bar 2| that rides wet are liable to stick to the toothed wheels, on the surfaces of the teeth, and mounting said I the invention includes a spring actuated bar enbar on the free end'of the spring arms 22, said 2o gaging the edges of the toothed wheels, the spring spring arms being secured to the flange I5.

arms supporting the bar being secured to said What is claimed is:- flange. I, 1. A condiment dispenser, comprising a top The invention will be described in detail hereadapted to be mountedon a receptacle and hayinafter and will be found illustrated in the acing a slot therein, a shaft journaled in said top, companying drawing, in which i a toothed wheel secured to said shaft, operatively 2.5 Figure 1 is a top plan view of the improved mounted in said slot and projecting outwardly of salt dispenser; said top, a flange mounted on and extending out- Figure 2 is a side view in elevation; .wardly from said top and surrounding said slot, Figure 3 is a fragmentary vertical section on the free edge of said flange being on a plane cora plane indicated by the line 33 of Figure 1, and responding to the periphery of the toothed wheel 30 throughout the several views.

Figure 4 a similar view on a plane indicated by to protect the wheel. the line 4-4 of Figure 1. 2. A condiment dispenser, comprising a top In the drawing similar reference characters adapted to be mounted on a receptacle and havare used to designate corresponding parts ing an opening therein, a shaft journaled in said top, a toothed wheel secured to said shaft and 35 In the drawing a condiment receptacle I0 is operatively mounted in said opening, a bar ridprovided with a neck II on which is mounted a ing on the periphery of the toothed wheel to disflanged cover or top I2, the means for securing lodge material deposited thereon, and spring arms the flanged top I2 on the neck II being shown connecting the bar and top to hold the bar in I 40 in the drawing as interengaging threads I3, but engagement with, the teeth on the wheel to dis- 40 obviously any other means for holding the top lodge material therefromon the neck may be substituted therefor. 3. A condiment dispenser, comprising a top The top i2 is provided witha plurality of slots adapted to be mounted on a receptacle and hav- I4, and an outwardly extending flange I5 surg a plur y o Su ta t a y parallel slots rounding said slots I4 and being preferably rectherein, a shaft journaled in said top, spaced 45 tangular in contour as shown in Figure 1. toothed wheels secured to said shaft and opera- Rotatably journaled in the flanges I6 of the tively mounted in said slots, a flange extending top I2 is a shaft I I, having at one or both of its outwardly from said top and surrounding said ends a knurled knob I8 for manual rotation of slots, a bar riding on said toothed wheels, and

said shaft. Secured to the shaft IIand rotatable spring a ms n e n i flan e nd bar to 50 therewith are a plurality of wheels I 9 having old the bar in engagement W h e teeth on toothed peripheries 20, the function of said the wheels to dislodge material therefrom, toothed wheels, as they are mounted in the slots JAMES G. BOSWELL. 

